1–What is the title of your latest release? THE GOOD ONES 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The Good Ones is about a woman named Nicola Bennett who moves back to her Appalachian hometown to sell her childhood home after her mother’s death. Fifteen years earlier, Nicola’s childhood friend Lauren Ballard disappeared suddenly, leaving behind a husband and young daughter. Nicola gets pulled back into relationships from her past and then begins to uncover the secrets behind Lauren’s disappearance. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? There was never really a question about it. I grew up in a small town in Virginia, and then ended up moving to a different small town in Virginia after many years in the Midwest and on the West Coast. Even though I wasn’t living in my hometown, being back in the area where I’d grown up made me think a lot about how I and the people I’d known back then had changed, and that was one of the things I wanted to explore in the book. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes, I could definitely see us being friends. 5–What…